. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Baltimore and Ohio Railroad i Union! StationWashington, D. C. o o o o I —t fD > <0) c CD. THE CAPrrOLAmericas mcst beautiful public building sculptures and frescoes. Onehundred and eighty feet over-head the vaulted canopy of thedome is aglow with color. It isa huge painted copper bowl, 65feet in diameter, with a con-cavity of 21 feet. A staff of licensed guides arestationed in the rotunda. Theycharge a nominal price for theirser^dces in showing the visitorsthrough the paintings of Colonel John Trumbull inthe rotunda, depicting variou
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . Baltimore and Ohio Railroad i Union! StationWashington, D. C. o o o o I —t fD > <0) c CD. THE CAPrrOLAmericas mcst beautiful public building sculptures and frescoes. Onehundred and eighty feet over-head the vaulted canopy of thedome is aglow with color. It isa huge painted copper bowl, 65feet in diameter, with a con-cavity of 21 feet. A staff of licensed guides arestationed in the rotunda. Theycharge a nominal price for theirser^dces in showing the visitorsthrough the paintings of Colonel John Trumbull inthe rotunda, depicting various historic events,represent the actual scenes as they them is The Signing of the Declarationof Independence, which was sketched by thepainter himself at the time this great documentwas signed. The tour of inspection takes one through Stat-uary Hall (or Hall of Fame), House of Represen-tatives, the Law Library of the Supreme Court,Senate Restaurant, Senate Post Office, PublicReception Room of the Senate, Senate Lobby,Senate Chamber, the Marble Room (the privatereception room of Senators), the PresidentsRoom (the most
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